Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size:42MB (42,497,650 bytes) md5sum: 4db176203f3b523bf3620d66a1318d59 Up2Date 5.101 Remarks Required previous version is 5.100 Existing configuration will not be changed !! Firewall will reboot after Up2Date !! New/Changed/Improved Improved HTTP Proxy performance and content handling New Kernel fixing local root exploit Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1695 PDF Files not shown in browser while VP is enabled ID1715 Proxy authentication fails if the startsite is a https URL ID1914 SMTP sender blacklist groups do not work correctly ID1924 Changing a network definition will no affect SMTP Routing Targets Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date.
ASL V5.1 available
We are pleased to announce Astaro Security Linux V5.1! Updates/Bugfixes Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.01 with the following powerful extensions: + Razor2 (online database spam check) + DCC (online database spam check) + SURBL (spam realtime blocklist) Backend bugfixes for backup converter/licensing/logging/reporting Overall system performance increase new kernel with bugfixed conntrack code New Features Additional features for better junk mail control: + Greylisting (Advanced spam blocking method) + BATV reverse path signing (Block virus and spam backscatter) + Checking SPF records (Joe-Job/Phishing protection) SNMP trap support Bandwidth monitoring capabilities with notifications if bandwidth usage exceeds/below defined percentage Improved Proxy Content Manager Daily proxy content manager digest sent by email for every user Backup files from ASL V5.027 will work on ASL V5.1, backup files from the public BETA will work on the final V5.1 too.
ASL V5.1 BETA available (named "ASL 5.050")
We are pleased to invite you to test the public BETA of Astaro Security Linux V5.1 For testing purpose we named the test image ASL 5.050, it includes the following: Updates/Bugfixes Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.01 with the following powerful extensions: + Razor2 (online database spam check) + DCC (online database spam check) + SURBL (spam realtime blocklist) Backend bugfixes for backup converter/licensing/logging/reporting Overall system performance increase new kernel with bugfixed conntrack code New Features Additional features for better junk mail control: + Greylisting (Advanced spam blocking method) + BATV reverse path signing (Block virus and spam backscatter) + Checking SPF records (Joe-Job/Phishing protection) SNMP trap support Bandwidth monitoring capabilities with notifications if bandwidth usage exceeds/below defined percentage Improved Proxy Content Manager Daily proxy content manager digest sent by email for every user We do not recommend to use the BETA on larger production servers (even if we already use it to filter our own mail – and it works great) The public BETA ISO image carry the version number 5.050.
Pre-announcement of ASL V5.100
We are pleased to invite you to test the upcoming public BETA of Astaro Security Linux V5.100 Updates/Bugfixes Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.01 with the following powerful extensions: + Razor2 (online database spam check) + DCC (online database spam check) + SURBL (spam realtime blocklist) Backend bugfixes for backup converter/licensing/logging/reporting Overall system performance increase New Features Additional features for better junk mail control: + Greylisting (Advanced spam blocking method) + BATV reverse path signing (Block virus and spam backscatter) + Checking SPF records (Joe-Job/Phishing protection) SNMP trap support Bandwidth monitoring capabilities with notifications if bandwidth usage exceeds/below defined percentage Improved Proxy Content Manager Daily proxy content manager digest sent by email for every user We are planning to publish the public BETA ISO image on Friday, November 19th, on our download servers and mirros. It will be announced here.
End of life announcement: ASL 2
Discontinuance of Support Announcement: Astaro Security Linux V2 This notice announces that technical support and the Up2Date service for Astaro Security Linux V2 will be terminated on December 31, 2004. No additional support requests will be accepted after that date. Sales of Astaro Security Linux V2 were discontinued at the end of 2001, three years prior to the end of support announced in this notice
End of life announcement: ASL 3.2
Notice Regarding Possible Discontinuance of Support: Astaro Security Linux V3.2 Customers should be aware that technical support and the Up2Date service for Astaro Security Linux V3.2 may be terminated on June 30, 2005. Sales of Astaro Security Linux V3.2 were discontinued at the end of June 2002, three years prior to this date
New Astaro Secure Client released
Astaro Secure Client for VPN Networks. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows organizations to use the Internet for communication with mobile employees and remote offices at a low cost while maintaining excellent security. The Astaro Secure Client ensures the highest levels of security for VPN. It provides strong user authentication and end-to-end encryption so that mobile workers, home workers, and remote offices can communicate securely over the Internet with a central VPN gateway.
Astaro Report Manager released
Astaro Report Manager is a security data collection and reporting tool that makes it easy to collect, correlate and analyze data from Astaro Security Linux and other security products. It collects and correlates data related to firewalls, network activities, attacks and intrusions, VPN usage, email, viruses, and web usage by employees. Data is presented in a wide variety of easy-to-understand tables, charts and graphs that can be viewed online, printed, and emailed.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.024
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 33MB (33,858,039 bytes) md5sum: 29c946e3c6ab0ef18c375b62e5565d44 Up2Date 5.024 Remarks Required previous version is 5.023 Existing configuration will not be changed Middleware will be restarted Active IP and VPN connections will be restarted Depending on the speed of the CPU the Up2Date installation will take a few minutes New/Changed/Improved Improved HTTP Proxy performance for persistent connections when using HTTP/1.1, transparent mode, user authentication Bugfixes (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID938 Middleware restarts when applying new Intrusion Protection pattern ID1092 USB keyboards not working ID1399 Selecting English (UK) during installation causes failure ID1673 Selfmonitor restarts POP3 Proxy very often ID1703 HTTP Proxy does not work with IE6 on Windows NT 4.0 SP6a Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date process and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully
[High] Up2date 4.023
Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 1MB (760,396 bytes) md5sum: 60bec4f8e36a403fc39998b5e5d79270 Up2Date 4.023 Remarks Required previous version is 4.022 Existing configuration will not be changed Active VPN connections will be restarted Bugfixes ID1560 Apache DoS-able (CAN-2004-0748) ID1446 PKCS#7 DoS-able ID1304 X.509 certificate bug with PKCS#7 ID0869 Error in ASN.1 parser for X.509 certificates ID0747 Unresolved hostnames problems with PPTP and Radius Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date process and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully